Handbook Of Evaluation Methods For Health Informatics

Paperback | December 7, 2005

This Handbook provides a complete compendium of methods for evaluation of IT-based systems and solutions within healthcare. Emphasis is entirely on assessment of the IT-system within its organizational environment. The author provides a coherent and complete assessment of methods addressing interactions with and effects of technology at the organizational, psychological, and social levels.It offers an explanation of the terminology and theoretical foundations underlying the methodological analysis presented here. The author carefully guides the reader through the process of identifying relevant methods corresponding to specific information needs and conditions for carrying out the evaluation study. The Handbook takes a critical view by focusing on assumptions for application, tacit built-in perspectives of the methods as well as their perils and pitfalls. *Collects a number of evaluation methods of medical informatics*Addresses metrics and measures*Includes an extensive list of anotated references, case studies, and a list of useful Web sites

This Handbook provides a complete compendium of methods for evaluation of IT-based systems and solutions within healthcare. Emphasis is entirely on assessment of the IT-system within its organizational environment. The author provides a coherent and complete assessment of methods addressing interactions with and effects of technology a...

Jytte Brender McNair has an R&D background of fifteen years in a university hospital, nine years as an industrial researcher, and fifteen years as full-time university researcher. Her expertise and experiences cross-fertilise an M.Sc. in biochemistry (Copenhagen University, 1973), an M.Sc. in computer science (Copenhagen University, 19...

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Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction1. Introduction2. Conceptual Apparatus3. Types of User Assessments of IT-based Solutions4. Choosing or Constructing Methods for EvaluationPart II. Methods and Techniques5. Introduction6. Overview of Assessment Methods7. Description of Methods and Techniques8. Other Useful InformationPart III. Methodological and Methodical Perils and Pitfalls at Assessment9. Background Information10. Approach to Identification of PItfalls and Perils11. Framework for Meta-Assessment of Assessment Studies12. DiscussionList of AbbreviationsList of References

Editorial Reviews

"...this handbook is quite comprehensive in its coverage of concepts related to IT assessment."- DOODY ENTERPRISES, INC.

"...a good general overview of evaluation and different evaluation techniques."- Madhu Reddy, College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT